Kathleen McDermott

“I acquire general interest and academic books across a wide range of history. I look for works with broad appeal and original arguments, books that engage readers eager to learn about the past and that advance scholarship in the academic community. One of the joys of working on history books is having a passionate audience; history readers revel in new information, new ideas, new perspectives. I have been one of those readers my entire life, and I want the books I publish to be part of the discussions and debates in that lively world. Among the many fields I cover are American history of any period; environmental history; Atlantic history; medieval to modern European history, including eastern Europe and Russia; military history, the modern Middle East; Asian history; and Latin American history. I am particularly interested in books that cross borders and consider global contexts.”

Contact: [email address] • @historicallyKM

Recent Books

The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
Marie Favereau

A Secret among the Blacks: Slave Resistance before the Haitian Revolution
John D. Garrigus

Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s
Julian Gewirtz

Heathen: Religion and Race in American History
Kathryn Gin Lum

The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia
Sheila Miyoshi Jager

Ilse Koch on Trial: Making the “Bitch of Buchenwald”
Tomaz Jardim

Mason-Dixon: Crucible of the Nation
Edward G. Gray

Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia
Neeti Nair

Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala
Rachel Nolan

Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom
Kathryn Olivarius

Never Again: Germans and Genocide after the Holocaust
Andrew I. Port

Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500
Peter H. Wilson